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Filter by:The purpose of this pilot study is to evaluate a feeding technique, sham feeding, to promote adequate oral skills in order to prevent oral aversion and/or poor oral skills due to the delay in oral feeds for surgical reasons. Sham feeding is intended for infants who are expected to have a prolonged course without normal enteral feeding by mouth.
This study evaluates the use of tape to secure nasogastric tubes compared to securement with a nasal bridle device.
Postoperative intestinal obstruction (POI) is one of the most common complications in the gastrointestinal surgery. Compared with the conventional control group, transcutaneous acupoint electrical stimulation(TEAS) is possible to reduce the incidence of POI and accelerate the rapid recovery of the gastrointestinal tract.
Urinary intestinal fatty acid binding protein (i-FABP), a marker of intestinal mucosal cell damage, has recently been proposed as a clinically useful measure in the early detection of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). However, there are no data on urinary i-FABP in meconium obstruction of prematurity (MOP). This study aimed to evaluate urinary i-FABP in MOP patient as a marker for early detection.
This is a two period cross-over study randomizing patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery into 2 different groups: group 1 in which patients receive "deep neuromuscular blockade" in the beginning portion of their laparoscopic surgery followed by a period of "moderate blockade" and, group 2 in which patients receive "moderate neuromuscular blockade" in the beginning portion of their laparoscopic surgery followed by a period of "deep blockade". The deep neuromuscular block is defined as post tetanic count of 1 to 2 and the moderate neuromuscular block is defined as 1-2 twitches. In all patients, sugammadex is used to reverse the block at the end of surgery in order to obtain optimal extubating conditions.
To assess the efficacy of Lanreotide Autogel 120 mg for the relief of vomiting due to inoperable malignant intestinal obstruction in patients without nasogastric tube (NGT) and to assess the efficacy of lanreotide Autogel 120 mg on removal of nasogastric tube without the recurrence of vomiting in patients with an inoperable malignant intestinal obstruction with a nasogastric tube.
This partially randomized clinical trial studies surgery or non-surgical management in treating patients with intra-abdominal cancer and bowel obstruction. Bowel obstruction is a common problem for advanced cancer patients and can negatively affect quality of life. It is not yet known whether surgery or non-surgical management is the best treatment option for bowel obstruction and can lead to better quality of life.
The primary purpose of this study is to determine the accuracy of ultrasound in diagnosing small bowel obstruction in emergency department patients, as compared to the criterion standards of computed tomography, operative reports, or discharge diagnosis. The secondary purposes of the study include evaluation of the effect of ultrasound for small bowel obstruction on the patient length of stay in the emergency department and the diagnostic utility of specific ultrasound findings in the diagnosis of small bowel obstruction. The study will also examine the inter-rater agreement between point-of-care sonographers' interpretation and blinded reviewers' interpretation of the ultrasound images.
EZ Holdco Inc. has developed two devices for the measurement of gastric content pH. The devices, EZ-NG and EZ-pH, rapidly check gastric pH by aspirating gastric contents into the device through a nasogastric (NG) tube and causing a color change in the device. The color change is then compared to the reference indicator on the device to determine a pH value of the aspirate. Currently there is no bedside rapid way to check gastric pH that protects the clinician from being exposed to the aspirate. 1. Primary Objective To assess the accuracy of the pH measurement of gastric fluid on the devices by comparing the reading on the 2 devices to a standard clinically approved pH probe. 2. Secondary Objective To determine what percentage of time the EZ-NG - RightSpot pH indicator could have been used to determine proper placement of the NG tube when initially placed.
The objective of this study is to implement an optimized perioperative course for patients undergoing acute high-risk abdominal surgery in order to improve the outcome. The optimized perioperative course consists of a number of interventions carried out before, during and after surgery.